U.S. Opens Advanced Chip Gateway to G42 as UAE Rises as Global AI Hub
By Editorial Team
The United States has officially granted Emirati technology group G42 permission to import the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence chips, a move the White House says reflects “deep trust” between the two nations. The approval shifts the UAE–U.S. AI partnership from planning to full-scale implementation, fast-tracking the creation of the largest AI computing corridor connecting the two countries.
With the go-ahead, G42 can now operate the Stargate UAE project, a 1-gigawatt computing complex the company is building for OpenAI in collaboration with Oracle, Cisco, NVIDIA and SoftBank. The license also supports the development of a massive 5-gigawatt U.S.–UAE AI campus that will provide low-latency computing and AI inference capabilities across the region.
This milestone pushes the UAE into a new league. It positions the country as a secure, reliable and high-performance alternative to American and Asian data centres. It also reinforces the UAE’s ambition to become a global AI powerhouse grounded in both technical excellence and geopolitical trust.
G42 CEO Bing Xiao welcomed the announcement, calling it “a truly pivotal moment.” He said the decision marks the transition from planning to confident execution and sets “a new global standard for secure, high-performance computing.” He added that all computing infrastructure built in the UAE will be mirrored in the United States to guarantee identical levels of performance and trust.
The imported chips will run under the Regulated Technology Environment (RTE), a framework designed by G42 and approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This makes the UAE the only country in the region operating at such a high level of compliance with U.S. export-control rules.
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the UAE Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council, said the move “confirms the depth of the strategic partnership between the two countries.” He emphasized that technology today is not merely a tool for innovation but a pillar of economic stability, regional security and long-term cooperation. He added that the UAE is proud to be Washington’s most trusted partner in this field.
The approval also expands G42’s partnerships with global leaders such as Microsoft, AMD, Qualcomm and Cerebras. The company currently operates three of the world’s top 500 supercomputers and recently launched Maximus-01 in New York, which entered the global rankings at number 20.
G42’s footprint continues to grow across Abu Dhabi, France and several U.S. states including California, Minnesota, Texas and New York. With this license, the UAE now stands as the most secure and high-performance AI hub outside the United States, marking a fresh phase in the worldwide race for massive-scale, secure computing.
Founded in Abu Dhabi, G42 is a global technology group dedicated to developing AI solutions that drive public benefit and shape a smarter, more efficient future across multiple sectors.
